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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. MOHARG, ROME, NEW YORK.

TROLLlNG-SPOON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,261, dated May 4.1886.

Application filed March 19, 1886. Serial No. 195,807. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN B. MOHARG, of Rome, county of Oneida, and Stateof New York, and a citizen of the United States, have invented anImproved Trolling Spoon, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the acoompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a trolling-spoon or spooirbait; and it consistsin a spoon composed of one metal or color, upon the convex side of whichis affixed aplate or shield of another metal or color, as hereinafterdescribed, and more at length recited in the claims.

Figure 1 is a spoon containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a spoon showingthe shield or plate detached. Fig. 3 is a detail face view of thedetached plate or shield. Fig. 4 is a face View ofa spoon containing myinvention in modified form. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal central section ofFig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a crosssection of Fig. 1 on line as :r.

A is a spoon, which is made'of metal, ivory or horn, or other suitablematerial. It is furnished with the customary eye, a, as shown.

B is a plate or shield made of a thin sheet of metal, and this shield ismade with its exterior surface of a color different to that of theexterior of the spoon. \Vhen the spoon is made of metalsuch, forexample, as silver the shield can be made of thin brass, copper, gold,or an alloy of these, so that it will pre sent the named differingcolor. This shield I attach to the convex face of the spoon at eitherthe lower part thereof, as shown in Fig. 1, and moreor less coveringthat part of saidsurface of the spoon, or at the upper part or oppositeend of the spoon, in the form of a shield of smaller area, as shown atB, Figs. 4 and 5. In the latter case the shield B may carry the eye a,said eye being then preferably formed in and of the same piece of metalas the said shield. If it is desired, both forms of shield, 13 and B,may be attached to the spoon in the relative positions named, asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, and in such case the shields may bemade to differ in color, as well as to differ from the spoon.

The shield may be riveted, soldered, or otherwise secured to the spoon;but I prefer, for economy, ease, and rapidity of manufacture andeffectiveness, to employ the means shown in the drawings. I form a tipor point, I), on the shield, adapted to extend through a slot, a, in thebody of the spoon. I elongate the sides of the shield into arms I),adapted to extend to each edge of the spoon and to pass over and aroundthe same, terminating on the reverse face of the spoon. 7

To secure the shield upon the spoon, the tip b is passed through theslot a and turned down upon the reverse of the spoon, as shown in Figs.5 and 6, and the shield being then brought down upon the convex surfaceor front of the spoon, and conformably thereto, the ends of the sidearms, I), are turned over the edges of the spoon and down upon thereverse face thereof.

The shield is desirably given in its manufacture separately theconcavity on its under face to conform to the convexity or other outlineof the spoon, and being of thin sheet metal, as specified, it is readilymanipulated in its described attachment to the spoon.

The spoon thus constructed possesses great effectiveness as a bait,having increased attractiveness in practical use.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A trolling -,spoon composed of a spoon, A, having imposed upon itsfront surface and conformably attached thereto a shield, B, consistingof a metal sheet, as specified, whereby the spoon may be made of onemetal or color and the shield may be made of a different metal or color,as and for the purpose specified.

2. A trolling-spoon composed of a spoon, A, having imposed upon itsfront surface and conformably attached thereto a shield, B, consistingof a metal sheet, as specified, and having the eye a formedhomogeneously with said shield, as and for the purpose specified.

3. A trollingspoon composed of a spoon, A, having the slot (6, togetherwith the shield B, imposed conform-ably upon the front surface of saidspoon, and having the tip I) seated in said slot and the arms b turnedover the I a common slot, a in the spoon, and provided edges of thespoon, as and for the purpose with arms I), turned over the edges of theIO specified. spoon, as and for the purpose set forth. 4. Atrollin -soon com osed of a s oon, p

5 A, having imfiose d upon its front surfae and JOHN conformably theretothe shields B and B, the \Vitnesses: latter having the eye a formedhomogeneously I JOHN PEPPER, therewith, and each having a tip, I),seated in 1 JAMES P. H. HOOK.

